Triple A Movie Review: Slumdog Millionaire (2008), A Destined Civilian Life

"Slumdog Millionaire" is a classic Indian film. The film uses a quiz show as a primer to launch a shocking narrative. The whole film is sophisticated and the characters are accurate and vivid. The film tells of a poor young man who grew up in a slum. In order to find a loved one who has been separated for many years to participate in the TV show "Who wants to be a millionaire", this young man with only elementary school education correctly answered all of them at the quiz competition. The problem was that he was suspected of cheating and was taken away by the police when he was one step away from the prize of 20 million rupees, and was interrogated and tortured. In the police station, he talked about his bitter and painful childhood life, and life gave him the answer. This absurd fact is the answer behind the mystery. The director organizes the story through Jamal's memories of his encounters and shows the audience an open developmental clue.

image source

The director skillfully uses the techniques of interlude and flashback to make the reality and memory completely connected, and to bring together the various elements that attract the attention of the audience, enhancing the visibility. In terms of film skills, the "Slumdog Millionaire" script is stable, and the narrative is exquisite, and the shooting skills are diverse, small and exquisite. It is worth mentioning that most of the film's lens is not a traditional way of shooting, which is also a feature of this film. Many of the images in the film have a slight jitter. Even with some tall buildings, it still maintains an unconventional shooting angle. At first glance, the film is easily considered to be a low-cost and low-input production, but this is a non-traditional combination deliberately created by the director.

image source

From the time and space of the story presented in the whole movie, the story of participating in the show and becoming a millionaire is only part of Jamal's life. This movie is written from the middle of the story. The memories and fragments have become a key extension to increase the narrative point of the film. It is these events that complete the richness of the film narrative, which together constitute the coherence of the film. It is a continuous narrative line from childhood to youth. From the plot and role of the "Slumdog Millionaire" movie, or from the skills and ideas of its film, this is a rare masterpiece. The film uses the Indian youth Jamal from the slums as the beginning of the event, and his memories of looking for a common class of girlfriend Latika, and sparked discussions through his participation in the TV variety show "Slumdog Millionaire".

image source

Irregular images combined with a large amount of hand-held photography show that the young Jamal is in chaos. The feeling of panic and insecurity is in the environment. Therefore, in terms of details, this movie is slightly better than other similar films. It can be said that "Slumdog Millionaire" covers all aspects of Indian social life, including extreme wealth and poverty in Mumbai, terror tragic in urban slums, contradictory killing of religious beliefs, and naked class discrimination. But it also hopeful adhere to the front. The film has no protagonist's excitement speech, no narration to interfere with your understanding of the problem, and no extra subtitles. All the ideas and themes that the director wants to tell you are subtly integrated into the film. It can be said that this is a tragic inspirational film. It is a personal epic belonging to all the civilians at the bottom of the world. It brings the thoughts and shocks to the audience and can be included in the classic film works.

---

Movie URL: https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/12405-slumdog-millionaire?language=en-US
Critic: AAA
영화: https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/12405-slumdog-millionaire?language=ko-KR
별점: AAA